Northwestern, Air Force, Navy, Army, Vanderbilt, SMU, Notre Dame, UVA and Duke.

(04-09-2015 03:30 PM)GSU Eagles Wrote:  Terry Mohair of Ark St called out CUSA earlier this week as detailed in the thread below. Now the Ga Southern AD has said the same thing in a SB nation interview.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-733824.html

Below is the interview with the Ga Southern AD. CUSA is clearly the conference most in question as the footprint overlaps the SBC.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...otball-fbs

GS swept the Sun Belt and lost late on the road against NC State and Georgia Tech. If not for the NCAA's rule against first-year FBS teams making the postseason, the Eagles were a handful of plays away from a challenging for a spot in the New Year's Six bowl rotation, which went to Boise State.

Post-Florida GS is an in-demand opponent for top-tier FBS programs looking for one-off wins. They hand GS a paycheck near $1 million and they (likely) get a quality non-conference win for the Playoff committee. But try getting a team to Statesboro.

"It absolutely helped the mission of this university and this program, but from a scheduling perspective, Florida hurt us," Kleinlein said. "I’d love for people to call me and schedule our school. No one wants to right now."

"I’ve got a list of teams with openings. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve emailed ‘em, called ‘em and heard, 'Oh well, we’ve got some things in the works.' That’s funny. I’m talking to Dave Brown at ESPN, who controls scheduling, and he doesn’t have you as having a game scheduled."

"I got all the Oklahomas and Clemsons and LSUs I can shake a stick at. It’s that second tier; it’s the Mountain West or C-USA school. I listen to ADs talk about being strapped for money. I say great, let me play you home-and-home. Don't pay us anything, and we'll bring at least 5,000 fans. Nope. They want no part of it."

We know the bottom of the SBC is weak, but the top is strong. Will avoiding the top
SBC teams hurt CUSA's reputation in football?

I'd be okay with adding them into the schedule somewhere. It'd be a good test for both teams.